[SPOILER] Penumbra 1.1 (Tech. Demo) Ending Questions

[darkely]

nothing happens, that's how it ends

I'm aware of that. However I was just wondering what someone else thinks happened . Like do you plutomaniac think that the player died or do you think the player escaped? or what was that red room at the perhaps it was the elevator? however recall what I said here:

Spoiler below!

At first I thought you were in the elevator (recall the garage area), but due to the map layout that wouldn't make any sense.

At the end you use a card and then a password to enter the final door and then you go into the room (described above). However on one of the notes it tells you that door leads from "level 1 to level 2".

Of course we could just say nothing happens, but I'm talking storywise what do you think the writers thought[/wanted to] happened? were they implying you died or that you made it to the elevator (you escape)?